This activity is called Tri-Straws. The students receive a handful of straws cut in half. The objective is for the students to be able to string together straw halves to create triangles (or not). Once time is up, students must defend their findings of whether or not their triangles are actually triangles.
Standard C-1.4
I can identify and describe two- and three-dimensional figures (e.g., square, triangle, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, trapezoid, rhombus, circle, cube, pyramid, rectangular prism, tetrahedron, cylinder, and sphere).
Standard C-2.4
I can determine the number of faces, edges, and vertices of a three-dimensional figure.
I played Fraction Feud, and I did not really like the game. It would be most beneficial for my classroom right now because the students are working with fractions, decimals, and percents. It would probably go along really well with the problem solving project we are doing. It allows students to battle against their classmates to find the smallest and largest fractions with the numbers they are given.
Tri-Straws
http://illuminations.nctm.org/WebResourceReview.aspx?ID=19This activity is called Tri-Straws. The students receive a handful of straws cut in half. The objective is for the students to be able to string together straw halves to create triangles (or not). Once time is up, students must defend their findings of whether or not their triangles are actually triangles.
Standard C-1.4
I can identify and describe two- and three-dimensional figures (e.g., square, triangle, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, trapezoid, rhombus, circle, cube, pyramid, rectangular prism, tetrahedron, cylinder, and sphere).
Standard C-2.4
I can determine the number of faces, edges, and vertices of a three-dimensional figure.
I played Fraction Feud, and I did not really like the game. It would be most beneficial for my classroom right now because the students are working with fractions, decimals, and percents. It would probably go along really well with the problem solving project we are doing. It allows students to battle against their classmates to find the smallest and largest fractions with the numbers they are given.